Man in Wheelchair Fatally Struck by Police Car

Orange County Public Schools, the 10th largest school district in the U.S., voted to establish its own police force in response to safety concerns prompted by the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — St. Petersburg police say an officer driving his patrol car fatally struck a pedestrian crossing the street in a wheelchair.

Police spokesman Mike Puetz says 26-year-old Officer Mehmedin Karic never saw 45-year-old Harold Charles Fleming, who was ejected from his wheelchair when it was struck by the front of Karic’s car early Saturday.